About 475 miles south of the Big Chicken, U.S. Highway 41 begins its trek from Tampa to Miami. Known as the Tamiami Trail, the road completes its north/south journey in Naples and cuts due east across the Everglades to Miami. Eschewing…
Galloping Around the Gulf
We settled in at Panama City Beach like it was an old, worn, shoe. The Emerald Coast has long been a favorite vacation destination for us, though we had not been to PCB in a long while. Grammy and Pops rejoined…
Cajun Campers
Drawn further east, we packed up and said “goodbye” to Galveston. The Bolivar Ferry whisked us off the island for the low, low, price of free. We’ve been on several cruises, but our accommodations on this trip were the best…
The Gulf at Galveston
The shimmering water of the Gulf of Mexico stretched out before us, a definitive milestone on a long journey. Though lacking the powder-white sand and azure waters of the “Redneck Riviera,” the Texas Gulf Coast offered a taste of the…
Backroad to Bexar
Looking forward to the distractions of a major metro area, we left Big Bend for the region formerly protected by the Presidio San Antonio de Béxar. We skirted the Mexican border and spent a night in Del Rio, TX. Unusual sounds…